Food-order card.



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Patented Mar. 4,1919.

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IDIONYSIE WORONZOFF, 0F NEW YORK, N. Y.

FOOD-ORDER CARD.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Mar. 4, 1919.

Application led January 8, 1918. Serial N o. 210,823.

To all whom t may concern Be it known that I, Dioivr'siii WoRoNzorF, acitizen-of the United States, residing at New York, in the county andState of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inFood- Order Cards, of which the following is a full, clear, and exactspeciication.

This invention relates to menu and order cards for lunch rooms andrestaurants, and has for its objects to save food, time and otherincidental expenses* While the invention may be used in hotels and otherpublic eating houses, for specific Occasions, it is especially adaptedfor private lunch or dining rooms, as those in factories, stores orother business houses which have adopted the modern idea of feedingtheir own employees. In such establishments it has been found thatconsiderable waste of food results from not knowing before hand justwhat kinds or articles of food each individual wishes to eat and whatfoods are not desired on accountV of individual tastes or preferences.Thus, when a large number of ineals'are prepared all alike, includingfor instance soup, bread and butter, meat, vegetables, coffee anddessert, some of the persons for whom they have been prepared may n otwant soup, others may not eat butter, still others may not drink coffee,for example,

and the portions of these articles may be wasted. It is the aim of thisinvention to avoid this waste, conserveV the food, and eliminateunnecessary expense of printing menus and order blanks. Y

The invention contemplates the provision of menus and order blanks to beplaced on each table and marked in advance so as to show just how manyportions each article on the menu are desired and will probably beeaten. Forinstance, in a factory where only lunches are served, themenus and order blanks for the next day will be placed on the tables ateach meal and each individual will check the articles he prefers to havethe next da 4 separate order blankmay be provided for each individual orfor each table, if the latter are not too large. blank bears a series'of' numbers opposite each article of-food, corresponding to thelocation or numbers of the Seats at the tables, so that each guest maycheck his seat -number opposite the foods desired;` The menu maybefdivided into sections each cona all meals.

Each order taining one or more articles of food, and an election may bepermitted between or among groups in the same section. Each article onthe menu is preferably numbered so that the 4collective orders to besent to the kitchen, commissary, or culinary department may be made outmore quickly by giving the total number of orders or portions of eacharticle desired in terms of the corresponding numerals instead of thenames of the foods.

To reduce the cost of printing the menus may be printed separate fromthe order blanks, the former being different for each meal while thelatter may be the same for The order blanks may be printed on a sheet orcard large enough to permit the menus to be pasted or otherwise attachedthereto opposite the corresponding food numbers, or the order blanks maybe on separate smaller sheets or cards and the menus be exhibited in anysuitable way on each table or at some convenient place in sight of thepersons seated at several tables.

Where the tables are small, the order blanks may have all of the seatsindicated thereon, but where the tables are larO'e it is preferable toprovide separate order blanks for different groups of seats, as forinstance for the seats on each side of the table. The order blanks maycontain other. indicia for the convenience of the proprietor, such asrules for keeping track of absentees, and means for the guests toindicate in advance when they expect to be v away. The number of thetables and the number of each clerks lunch ticket may also be indicatedon the order blank.

The preferred embodiment of the invention will be hereinafter describedin connection with the accompanying drawings, which constitute part ofthis specification, and the novel features of the invention will thenbel defined in the claims at the end of the description.

In the accompanying drawings, wherein similar reference characters areused to designate corresponding parts throughout the several Vviews yFigure l is a plan view of a combined `order blank and menu cardconstructed inh accordancewith this invention.

Iig. @is a planj view of an order blank printed separate from the menubut, on a sheet, large enough to permit said menu t0 'be pasted orotherwise fastened thereto yas so the numbers of lthe articles on themenu will correspond and be opposite to the similar numbers on the orderblank.

Fig. 3 is a plan view of a separate menu adapted to be secured to thecard shownv in Fig. 2 or to a suitable support as suggested in Fig..9.

Fig. 4C is a diagrammatic view of a table having six places or seats.

Fig. -5 is a similar view of a larger table having twelve places orseats.

Figs. 6 and 7 are broken views of modied forms of order blanks for usewith the larger table shown in Fig. 5.

Fig. 8 is a plan view of a separate order blank, andV Fig. 9 is anelevation of a separate menu card mounted on a suitable stand.

Referring first to Fig. 1, the order blank and menu may be printedtogether on the same sheet or card, as there shown. The order portion 1contains a plurality of rows of seat numbers 2 arranged one belowanother forming a series of columns corresponding in number to the seatnumbers. rlhe order blank illustrated in Fig. 1 is den signed to be usedfor tables having six seats, as indicated in Fig. 4, and the seatnumbers are from l to 96. preferably arranged from left to right asfollovvs: 1,77 (8,77 45777 2,77 (64:37 H1161 C6777 correspond to thearrangement of the seats at the table, Fig. Il, all the odd numberedseats being on one side of the table and all the even numbered seatsbeing at the other side of the table. The saine arrangement of seatnumbers applies to all the several rows thereof which are preferablyseparated by horizontal rulings 3, the said seat numbers in each rowbeing separated by vertical rulings 4. The three odd seat numbers on theleft may be separated from the three even seat numbers on the right by adouble ruling 5.

Certain of the horizontal rulings between adjacent rows of seat numbersare made heavier than the others, as at 6, to denote-` the divisions,courses, orparts of the menu 7 which is arranged at one side 'of theorder blank and over which the heavy horizontal rulings 6 extend. Themenu is also ruled with horizontal lines 8 constituting continuations ofrulings 3, and between these lines 8 are printed the names of variousarticles of food included in each particular meal, said foods beinggrouped between the heavyV horizontal rulings'according to courses, or

the like. To ailord a convenient means of referring to the courses orgroups of articles of food, as in notices restricting the. choice to a`certain number of articles in any of said courses or groups, theyare'designated by the other suitable way, and these designating Saidseat numbers are blankspaces 9 between the order andmenu parts of theblank and between the heavy horizontal rulings ..6 which extend acrossboth of saidl parts. The spaces between the horizontal 4rulings 8 of themenu part are numbered consecutively at one side thereof, as at 10, sothat each article of food on the menu will have a definite number to beused instead of its name in making up total orders to be sent to thekitchen or commissary department. The spaces between the rulings 3 onthe order part of theblankare correspondingly numbered, as at 11, sothat when the order and menu are used separately,ias illustrated inFigs.- 8 and 9, the order blanks may be marked bythe numbers of thearticles of food which are printed onvtlie separate menus.

In addition to the `order and menu parts, the compositeblank-illustratedin Fic: 1 may contain instructionsA for marking the order, as at 12, anotice as to the choice allowed between the Vfoods in the several partsorcourses, as at 13, spaces 14, 1,5 and 16 for the clerks lunch ticketnumber and initials, and his absence notice, or the like, a

`space 2() for rules and sections 17, 1S and 19 punched in the tablespace 19. Thenumbers given the tables in this space are purely arbitraryandany system -of numbering may be employed. In the space correspondingto his seat number each clerk or guest should write his initials in thesubdivision 15 as a means of identification. In corresponding spaces insubdivision 14, the clerks ticket number may be written, and incorrespond ing spaces in the subdivision 1G dates when the clerks expectto be absent may be noted.

The same arrangement maybe followed in marking the separate order'blank,Fig. 8, as in Fig. l. It ywill be understood that these auxiliary partsof the order may be changed,

added to, or some of them omitted withoutdeparting from the invention.

The order blank 1 illustrated in Fig. l is the tablecorresponding toAthefnumber A used when the tables are sm'all,1say\with six Y places orseats each, as at 21 in Fig. 4. There thetablesare large, Tas 4indicatedat 22 in Fig. 5, separateordeis 23Fi0. 6*, and 24, Fig. 7, are providedfor the'feven numberedl seats and oddnumbered seatsfrespec tively. `The-rows of seat numbers in oneof these orderblanks are as follows: 2, 4,7

6, 8, 10 and 12, while those on the other blank are: 1, 3, 5, 7, 9 and11. This arrangement is to avoid making the order blanks too large orconfusing to the clerks or guests. j

As suggested in Fig. 2, the order blank and auxiliary spaces may beprinted on a Card vor sheet 25 having a blank space 26 for the menuwhich is printed on a separate sheet 27, Fig. 3, so that a differentmenu for each meal may be pasted or otherwise secured to the same formof order blank, thereby considerably reducing the cost of printing.

Fig. 8 shows the order blank and auxiliary spaces printed-together on asheet 28 of suitable dimensions, and the menu 29, Fig. 9, is shownprinted separately and attached to a suitable support, such as the standor board 30 which may be mounted on the pedestal 3l, or the like, sothat it may be placed on each table or at other convenient places. Thestand may have the menu attached to its opposite sides or faces so thatit can be seen at the same time by persons at both sides of the table.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new and desire tosecure by Letters Patent of the United States is 1. The combination witha menu card having a series of symbols adjacent the articles of foodthereon, each of said articles of food having a different symbol, of anorder card having a series of similar symbols corresponding to those onthe menu card, and a series ci seat numbers opposite each of saidsymbols on the order card for the purpose specified.

2. The combination with a menu card hav-V ing a series of symbolsadjacent the articles of food thereon, each of said articles of foodhaving a diii'erent symbol, of an order card having a series of similarsymbols corresponding to those on the menu card, and a series of seatnumbers opposite each of said symbols on the order card, the evennumbered seats being separately grouped from the odd numbered seats forthe purpose specified.

3. The combination with a menu blank having means for dividing thearticles of food thereon into groups and distinguishing symbols adjacenteach group, of an or- Copies of this patent may be obtained for vrecents each, by addressing the .menu blank.

4. The combination with a menu blank having means for dividingthearticles of food thereon into groups, distinguishing symbols for eachgroupv and different symbols for each article of food, of an order blankhaving corresponding symbols to those indicating the articles of food onthe menu, a series ofseat numbers opposite each of said symbols on theorder blank, and means on the order blank for dividing said symbols andseries of seat numbers into groups corresponding to the groups orcourses on the menu blank.

5. The combination with a menu blank having a series of symbols adjacentthe articles of food thereon, each of said articles of food having adifferent symbol, of an order blank having a series of similar symbolscorresponding to those on the menu blank, and a series of seat numbersopposite each of said symbols on the order blank, said order blank alsohaving means for indicating the relay, vacant seats and table numbers.

6. The combination with a menu blank having a series of symbols adjacentthe articles of food thereon, each of said articles of food havin adifferent symbol, means for dividing said articles of food and symbolsinto groups, and distinguishing symbols for said groups, of an orderblank having a series of symbols corresponding to those indicating thearticles of food on the menu blank, and other symbols corresponding tothe group symbols on the menu blank, and a series of seat numbersopposite each of the article symbols on the order blank.

` 7. The combination with an order blank having series of seat numbersand a space oppositeJ said numbers, of a .separate menu adapted to bearranged in said space, said menu having articles of food arranged inregister with each of said series of seat numbers Jfor the purposespecied.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification.

DIONYSIE WORONZOFF.

Commissioner of Patents,

Washington, D. C.

